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« on: September 15, 2015, 10:25:29 PM »
Now that he's out.
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« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2015, 10:28:54 PM »
Good riddance. Xenophobic reactionary scum.
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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2015, 12:58:56 AM »
Probably one of the worst leaders of a developed country in history. Thank God he didn't last very long.
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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2015, 03:36:51 AM »
Massive FF.
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2015, 03:49:52 AM »
 a directionless, economically illiterate (in his own words, economics is "boring"), politically incapable troglodyte. Ideology aside, probably one of the hapless and incompetent leaders the Western World has had in a while - his First Budget in particular will go down in history books as how not to craft, sell and implement a budget.

I suppose what annoys me most about him is how utterly aesthetically unappealing his politics was. Australian politics was never exactly nuanced, but he converted into almost farcical levels of sloganeering, populism and braindead repetitive nonsense.
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2015, 04:56:34 AM »
FF, far better than his predecessor or successor. Not as good as Menzies or Howard though.
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2015, 04:29:40 PM »
I abstain from voting
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2015, 05:30:11 PM »
I'm glad that the final nail in his coffin is his laughter at Dutton's sick joke about climate change.  The fact that ABC are now touting that he "stopped the boats" as not merely a slogan but an actual accomplishment of his is making me cringe.  He was caught paying off people smugglers giving them a fiscal incentive to continue trading.  He was constantly getting into diplomatic trouble over boat turnbacks and for all of the fire in his belly about Labor's detention policies, he sure seemed not to do anything whatsoever about it except make them worse.  He may have stopped some of the media from reporting on the boats, but he never did actually stop them.  Abbott's legacy is a non-binding $160 million plebiscite when marriage equality should be a boost to the economy (not to mention a momentous occasion for the civil rights of Australians), but he somehow made a way to make it fiscally wasteful and burden the rest of the country with his petty delaying tactics.  Thanks for nothing, you misoneist bigot.
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2015, 05:32:03 PM »
I feel like this is the most fitting tribute to him: https://youtu.be/c3IaKVmkXuk
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« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2015, 02:25:22 PM »
FF
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« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2015, 03:25:03 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2015, 03:44:41 PM »
Makes both George and Jeb! look like Einsteins.
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« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2015, 04:39:11 PM »
Major HP
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« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2015, 08:35:23 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2015, 10:23:41 PM »
HP, socon bastard hates porn and video games.
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« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2015, 10:28:47 PM »
« Edited: September 17, 2015, 10:30:30 PM by Californian Tony Returns »
Yeah Im totally OK with regulating women's vaginas and hating gays but DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY PORN AND VIDEOGAMES!!!!!!
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« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2015, 10:30:08 PM »
Quote from: Californian Tony Returns on September 17, 2015, 10:28:47 PM
Yeah Im totally OK with regulating women's vaginas and hating gays but DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY PORN!!!!!!

I'm not pro-life or anti-gay either.
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« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2015, 04:07:05 AM »
Obvious HP. Worst Liberal PM in recent history.
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« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2015, 04:17:24 AM »
Quote from: Californian Tony Returns on September 17, 2015, 10:28:47 PM
Yeah Im totally OK with regulating women's vaginas and hating gays but DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY PORN AND VIDEOGAMES!!!!!!

Yes, because I'm sure you're killing a baby fetus is one of them.
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« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2015, 05:30:22 AM »
Iirc Abbott once mused about banning porn, but never did anything about it in office. I'd blame family first for that kinda shenanigans.

Needless to say Abbott had some great memes that will be missed: the red speedos, that interview where he did nothing but nod in silence for a full minute, the winky face at an elderly woman apparently forced to work for a sex line; the one track "stop the boats" slogan, the suppository of wisdom etc.
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« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2015, 06:19:08 AM »
I remember him largely being elected by the Murdoch media machine. HP for being a global warming denialist in a country standing to lose big from climate change.
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« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2015, 06:23:20 AM »
Quote from: Intell on September 18, 2015, 04:17:24 AM
Quote from: Californian Tony Returns on September 17, 2015, 10:28:47 PM
Yeah Im totally OK with regulating women's vaginas and hating gays but DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY PORN AND VIDEOGAMES!!!!!!

Yes, because I'm sure you're killing a baby fetus is one of them.

As opposed to an adult foetus?
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« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2015, 08:07:21 PM »
Quote from: bagelman on September 18, 2015, 06:19:08 AM
I remember him largely being elected by the Murdoch media machine.

Well, that's how right-wingers win elections in Anglo countries.
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« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2015, 09:56:21 AM »

Changed my mind, I am voting HP.
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« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2015, 10:10:30 AM »
Why?
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